Name: If You Really Love Me - Back To Basics by Massa & Lysta in A: Massa & Lysta : 2K Club
Duration: 4 min 8 s
Description: A stripped back version of a song I wrote back in 2024

A: Massa & Lysta : 2K Club

A little single and a remixed B-side to celebrate my move up north to Sonoma county.

Last summer

Hope (Sonoma Mix)

I met a woman named Christel, everytime I see her, this song Crystal by New Order comes to my head. 
So I made my own version of it.

Crystal (New Order)

Video for this song: https://youtu.be/_pqTpZuy8vM?feature=shared

Time fades away they say
But I can't afford to fade away
I can never be the same again
Not enough songs to play
So the silence stays the page is blank 
Another day for us to thank for none
I'm back after racing around the world
With a clock and a post when you're trying the most
Calling on ghosts just to help you get through the ordeal
Isn't it great to be alive they say 
the easy way means someone's doing all the work himself, just like me
Too much time away from you 
you know it's gonna get me Down
No more trouble with the blues
Since I found my way with you I know you're never gonna let me down
Always thought we'd make it through everything is ours to lose
You know I'm never gonna let you down
Smokin bubble gum with booze doesn't satisfy the muse
You know its only gonna get you down
Now I struggle with the truth sugar coated just for you
I know it's only gonna get you down
Too much time away from you
You know its gonna get me down
Still racing around the world
Great to be alive they say
but the easy way means someone else is doing all the dirty work himself

music & drums performed on Roland Jupiter 80
Written & produced by Mike Molino, Mastered at @woods_studio

Down

Jazzérance

A stripped back version of a song I wrote back in 2024

If You Really Love Me

If You Really Love Me - Back To Basics

Music : Janne Hennie & Little Man
Vocals & lyrics : Janne Hennie

Sometimes we forget to say thank you
To those who deserve it the most
Some shine in the dark
And cares for our wounded hearts

Chorus:
I just want to say thank you
I am grateful, I am touched
All the good things you did for me
You are someone I want to be

Some gives it all away
With a big smile on their face
Some have a heart made of gold
Some are warm when its cold

Chorus..

Chorus..

Sometimes we don't know
What we have until its gone
If only we had seen the good
And said thank you when we should

Chorus...

I just want to say thank you
I am grateful, I am touched
All the good things you did for me
You are someone I want to be..

Thank You !

Along with my favorite Ukrainian side-singer … give peace a chance 
https://youtu.be/-ik6QRA9O74?si=Kkh8CpKg-v8i8pg_


Lost

Here is another song that was never released. Recently recorded. There are a couple versions of it.. I attempted " lead guitar " .. LOL  on it. The original version is extremely " Liggaty " with all the finger picking. But there was a lead guitar track on it that was.. pretty good. Id never be able to duplicate it today.. I would have uploaded it but the recording was NASTY.. just totally unlistenable.. LOL


I hate leaning on people to help me.. I know everyone has their own work to do. I tried to upload this last night but SC would not accept the file.. but it seems ok now.

Here I am hard at work to gather my back catalog.. upload it all in one place.  Its a mess... scattered everywhere... So many of you are so skilled in the studio with sound capture and manipulation. I spent almost 30 years writing.. learning guitar and singing. Then learning how to perform it for people. I could sit in a chair at a gig and keep people in their seats for hours at a time drinking the place dry..but I have the darndest time sitting down to try to get a decent sound recording. Woe is me..


When I began this uploading last november, I hadn't anticipated there would be anyone listening. It sure is good to not be alone doing my music.. its cool to be side by side with great people who also love to try to make beautiful sounds by moving the air around us with breath and motion and electric devices.

The lyrics are what they are :


Paint me on… color me in 
Color me in happy… smile for the season
You should have told me in april .. you should have told me in spring
tell me all your summer lies.. Find me a reason.. to smile for the season
Write me off… shut me out 
As I approach another bitter sunset.. … give me a reason..to smile for the season
You should have told me in april .. you should have told me in spring
Screaming in the moonlight … look for a reason… to smile for the season
Paint shorter conversations… color washed metaphors
As we shut our windows and close our doors… we smile for the season
It was a glorious april .. it was a beautiful spring
Memories in the autumn breeze .. show us a reason.. to smile for the season



smile for the season

Had to re-upload. I very much enjoyed making this music. 80s inspired drums and sounds. I admit that some of the chord changes are inspired by the band, Chvrches, but the song is original and mine. 

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Where Has My Love Gone

We follow the character into the second stage of grief: Anger

Don't Tell Me It Gets Better

Dans Ma Rue

We all do things for the reason of our own beliefs. By leaving my music behind means I leave a voice that can always be heard.
I hope you enjoy my songs 😊

Lysta
White With Two
Massa & Lysta 

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